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BackDrop_
Ghost video overlay — watch anything while you work
I kept pausing the same anime episode to get back to work. So I built BackDrop_. It plays any local video (MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, TS) as a transparent overlay on your full Windows desktop. Opacity from 0–100%, mouse clicks and keyboard pass through to whatever's underneath. No cloud. No account. Files stay on your drive. One-time payment. Works for anime while coding, news overlays for traders, or ambient video while studying.
Hey PH! I'm Patrick, solo developer behind BackDrop_.
I built this because I kept pausing the same anime episode for the tenth time to get back to work — and then never resuming it.
BackDrop_ renders any local video as a transparent overlay directly on your Windows desktop. The opacity slider goes 0–100%, mouse clicks pass through to whatever's underneath, keyboard works normally.
No uploads, no account. The file stays on your disk. Currently running it at 25% opacity while I work on this very launch 👻
Happy to answer any questions about the implementation or the use cases!
About BackDrop_ on Product Hunt
“Ghost video overlay — watch anything while you work”
BackDrop_ was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 7 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #126 on the daily leaderboard. I kept pausing the same anime episode to get back to work. So I built BackDrop_. It plays any local video (MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV, TS) as a transparent overlay on your full Windows desktop. Opacity from 0–100%, mouse clicks and keyboard pass through to whatever's underneath. No cloud. No account. Files stay on your drive. One-time payment. Works for anime while coding, news overlays for traders, or ambient video while studying.
On the analytics side, BackDrop_ competes within Windows, Productivity and Video — topics that collectively have 667.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how BackDrop_ performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted BackDrop_?
BackDrop_ was hunted by Patrick Chen. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of BackDrop_ including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Patrick Chen